LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

Think we're good here.

 

No man you wait he’s going to be doing his best to sabotage Luka when he comes back.

 

He fakes emotion for the camera. Nothing new here.

 

Sorry, but that was straight up robotic level behavior the first game. We didn’t make it up- the cameras don’t lie.
He acted like an actual team mate last night- hoooray!
It would be a non issue if he just acted like a normal team mate from the get go.
Funny how every always says that “he’s intentional about everything” and then when we talk about it, we get called out for being “haters.”
Nope- that’s just calling it as we see it.

 

shocking! Must be false.

 

I'm not worried about Lebron, one way or the other. Whatever he does, we have a path to being a very good team.

 

Im so sick of lebron entitlement attitude.

 

The nerve of that prick, sitting on the bench the way he does. Sometimes emotional and sometimes non-emotional. What a clown.

 

.... it's OK Bron I see what he did

 

yeah, it's going to be a really interesting this summer with him.

 

I think he is leaving on his own terms. I think he will find a place that he wants to play for one year, take the discount because that will be all that is available. He will sell it as doing a favor to the team. Then he will play one or two more seasons, probably one. The Lakers might offer him some kind of lower deal, but I think he will spurn that offer.

 

LeBron's health this season will decide a lot.

 

Man when we get Lebron back, this team is going to be scary.

 

If Lebron cared about this team, he'd volunteer to come off of the bench when he came back until it was obvious he should be in the starting 5. Our roster may be better balanced with him off of the bench, and it's clear, we don't need 5 players who have been able to score 50 points during their career in the starting lineup. (Only 2 recently)

Bron for 6MOTY. Do it.

 

If JJ forced him to come of the bench the first five games or so, I would design and 3D print an eight foot statue of coach, ship it to LA, fly back, assemble it in Star Plaza and take pics as long as I could before being shutdown by security.

 

Damn that..Lebron got better after the Luka trade. I have no idea, wth some of you guys were watching.

After the Luka Dončić trade, LeBron James saw increases in his points per game (24.5) to (26.4)) and rebounds per game (7.8) to (9.3)), while his assists per game decreased (9.0) to (6.2). His field goal percentage also increased from (51.6%) to (53.2%).

Luka unlocked, exactly the version of Lebron, that we needed moving forward.

Now that we've upgraded, the rest of the roster, with Ayton, Smart and Laravia. Coupled with Austin's continued growth? Shidd...We are sitting on a potential monster team!

Some of you folks, seriously need to get over, that anti Lebron BS, and enjoy this Purple and Gold wave coming!

 

I am certainly not one of Bron's biggest fans around here, but the suggestion of him coming of the bench it not a serious one. Come on guys. Him in a Draymond role would be perfect (as much as I doubt he'd agree), but let's not get carried away with the 6th man stuff.

Even the most optimistic among us did not see this team looking as good as it has till now. It seems safe to assume Bron sees that as well and should be willing to sacrifice some if he sees the chance for another chip and able to see where he can help the most. He will try to get his and be "the man" more often than we would like, but he will also help tremendously in the defense, athleticism and a few other crucial departments. We could actually win a title this year, but in order to do that we will require a happy, motivated Bron.

 

i don't see the value in having lebron play off the bench. i do see the value in limiting his minutes and dramatically changing his role within the starting five. in his defense, he already spoke about working on his catch and shoot game, so i'm guessing he's at least a little on board with some version of this.

i'm just imagining him setting screens up top and getting the short roll advantage or catching in the center of the zone, etc. and i really just never want to see him handling out top in isolation given our current personnel. i get why we went to that sometimes in the past (lack of good options), but it's just not a high efficiency play, and it wastes both his and other talents on the roster.